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Zinc Electroplating
Electro-Coatings of Iowa has the LONGEST zinc rack plating tanks in the MIDWEST
Electro-Coatings has been in the metal finishing industry for nearly 70 years, offering processes such as Kanigen® electroless nickel alloy; Electralloy ™ thin dense chromium; industrial hard chromium; stainless steel passivation and now alkaline zinc electroplating—both barrel and rack. We have a fully automated barrel plating machine and the longest rack plating tanks in the Midwest, at 22 feet! We can zinc plate extremely large frames and weldments and long hydraulic tubing, hex shaft, threaded rod, etc. Not only are we well suited for long, hard-to-plate items, we can handle high volume rack plating and barrel plating requirements.
Our plating baths are high-efficiency alkaline processes. Our plating rates are comparable to acid plating baths, but at lower current densities, yet still provide a distribution of 1.5 to 2:1. These processes run most efficiently at lower amps per square foot. This means we can load our racks and barrels with up to 100% more parts and maintain thickness at the same amperage and time. This considerably increases our production rates! We are equipped with a small, batch heat treat oven and a large oven for hydrogen embrittlement relief.
We are currently providing clear and yellow passivates, but will consider other options, based on volume and customer needs. Our processes are fully RoHS compliant and contain no hex chrome. In hex-chromate processes, specifications require yellow, just to reach 96 hours of salt spray protection. With our high salt spray, trivalent passivates, we can provide 144 hours in our clear passivate and 120 in yellow without hex chrome. The plating world is changing and moving away from hex chromates because of global demand to get “greener”. Electro-Coatings wants to be ahead of the curve and a market leader.
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